The 40-something artistic boss of the English National Ballet brushed off accusations this week that she’s creating a “toxic” workplace environment by canoodling with a company dancer 16 years her junior.

“I have always had the interests of the company and the dancers at heart,” Tamara Rojo said at a Tuesday press conference. “It is obviously disappointing if people are not happy, but I do feel I have tried my best.”

Dancers claimed Rojo, 43, is being a hypocrite — barring them from dating each other, while she’s been going out with 27-year-old Isaac Hernandez for the last 18 months, the Guardian reported.

Rojo refused to apologize for the relationship and denied telling dancers they couldn’t be in relationships with one another.

The company has been rocked by reports describing a hostile work environment and has lost a third of its dancers in two years.

A blog post on BalletPosition.com said it had spoken to 12 dancers past and present, who described how Hernandez had become “cocky” since the relationship began, strolling into class late or leaving early.

Dancers also reported that Hernandez has started sitting in to observe the women’s classes for no apparent reason.

“It makes people very uncomfortable,” one anonymous dancer said.

“He’s like a second pair of eyes ready to report back,” another reportedly said.

But Rojo said there is nothing untoward going on.

“Isaac and I have always been very open and clear and honest about the fact we are in a relationship, both with members of the company and with our board,” she said.

Rojo said she was committed to creating a “supportive and nurturing working environment.”

Rojo, a talented dancer, was a star of the Royal Ballet and joined ENB, Britain’s second-biggest company, in 2012. She has been praised for her risk-taking and bold programming, the Guardian reported.